Fremont Speedway report 2001-09-08

FREMONT, OH - Butch Schroeder drove away from the field in dominating fashion Saturday night at Fremont Speedway to win the All Star sprint 40-lap feature. The Chuck Kear Memorial race paid $6,000 to Schroeder for his first All Star win of the season. It was also manufacturer's night, with over $7,400 in parts given away to the All Star drivers and $3,800 to the 305 sprint drivers.

"I love Fremont Speedway, and I love the All Stars," Schroeder proclaimed from victory lane, standing beside Stan Courtad's Eagle chassis. "I can't say enough of Stan Courtad, Scotty and the crew. My Kistler Engine ran smooth tonight and the car drove so nice all night long. We learned something about our American Racer tires last night. We put the right American Racer tires on tonight and that was the difference."

Rob Chaney finished a half lap behind the winner in Jack Elden's No. 22 and said, "I've got to thank Jack Elden for a great race car. We've been fast but haven't been finishing many races, maybe this will get us started tonight."

Kenny Jacobs ran third and credited his crew chief, "Aaron Hammer works for me and he does a great job. We were a bit off after the dash and he said 'don't worry about it, I'll get it right,' and he did." Jacobs pulled to within 38 points of All Star points leader Chad Kemenah with his third place finish.

Dean Jacobs started on the ButlerBuilt Hot Seat pole alongside Chaney with Schroeder and Travis Rilat in row two. Todd Kane and Kemenah started in row three. D. Jacobs took the initial lead over Chaney and Schroeder. Rilat joined the battle for third and was able to take that spot from Schroeder with a high groove move off turn four on lap six. Meanwhile, up front, Chaney began challenging the leader. D. Jacobs rode the high groove with Chaney using the lower and middle grooves. They ran nose to tail for several laps and Schroeder secured third again from Rilat.

Lap 13 was lucky for Schroeder as he ducked under Chaney for second in lapped traffic. A lap later he repeated the move, going under D. Jacobs to take the lead. D. Jacobs was now second and had his hands full holding off Chaney. By lap 27, Chaney passed D. Jacobs for the runner-up spot as Schroeder amassed a full straightaway lead.

The only caution flew on lap 30 when 4th place D. Jacobs spun in turn three for the second night in a row. Schroeder had an advantage of seven lapped cars for the restart, and drove away easily to win by half a lap at the end. K. Jacobs came on strong the last few laps after starting eighth to finish third. Rodney Duncan started 12th and came on the last five laps to get fourth with Rilat holding on for fifth. Kemenah was sixth, in an Eagle Chassis for the second night in a row. Greg Wilson finished seventh, winning the Team Simpson Racing Lucky Seven award and the TW Metals nightly cash bonus. Danny Smith, up from 23rd, David Harrison and Joe Gaerte completed the top ten finishers.

The K-T Equipment heat went to Kemenah, the JB Enterprise Racing Products heat to Mark Keegan, the Crown Battery heat to Byron Reed and the Engler Machine & Tool heat fell to Kenny Jacobs and Todd Kane won the B Main. Kemenah was the Kistler Engines fast time winner with a 13.815 second lap and captured the Haulmark Dash.

Time Trials: 1. Chad Kemenah, Harble 15k, 13.815; 2. Todd Kane, Pullins 29, 13.850; 3. Travis Rilat, Archer U2, 13.908; 4. Butch Schroeder, Courtad 9x, 14.043; 5. Rob Chaney, Elden 22e, 14.085; 6. Dean Jacobs, Daugherty 7r, 14.132; 7. David Harrison, Harrison 44, 14.187; 8. Kenny Jacobs, Jacobs/Honecker 6, 14.203; 9. Bob Lime, Lime 91, 14.223; 10. Troy Vacarro, Vacarro 7T, 14.243; 11. Scott Kramer, Kramer 47, 14.307; 12. Greg Wilson, Hampshire 63, 14.340; 13. Rodney Duncan, Harrison 22, 14.412; 14. Todd Heller, Heller 14h, 14.455; 15. Rodney Morgan, Morgan 21, 14.473; 16. Phil Gressman, Reidling 9, 14.495; 17. Joe Gaerte, Gaerte 3G, 14.535; 18. Mark Keegan, Steinbrick 92, 14.535; 19. Chuck Wilson, Wilson 31, 14.578; 20. John Ivy, Carousel 20, 14.578; 21. Bob Teeple, Teeple 8T, 14.635; 22. Brandon Martin, Genzman 2, 14.658; 23. Byron Reed, B&S 5, 14.693; 24. Alvin Roepke, Roepke/Ford 99, 14.803; 25. John Wisbon, Burmeister 16, 14.840; 26. Chad Jones, Ashworth 92, 14.870; 27. Mike Hogan, Hogan 75, 14.898; 28. Shawn Chaney, Chaney 27c, 14.929; 29. Eric Hysong, Andrews 72, 14.985; 30. Danny Smith, Baker 4, 15.059; 31. Mike Linder, Brewer 3, 15.254; 32. Barry Ruble, Ruble 63r, 15.268; 33. Mike Wagner, Wagner 55, 15.460; 34. Roger Campbell, Jr., Campbell ZL1, 15.483; 35. Andrew Palker, Palker C20, 15.683; 36. Tony Beaber, Toth 3T, 15.685; 37. Bob Distel, Distel 18, 15.825; 38. Bruce Robenalt, Tusing 41, 16.170.

K-T Equipment Rental Heat (10 laps): 1. Kemenah 2. Gaerte 3. Duncan 4. Wisbon 5. Chaney 6. Hysong 7. Lime 8. Wagner 9. Distel 10. Teeple.

JB Enterprise Racing Products Heat (10 laps): 1. Keegan 2. D. Jacobs 3. Smith 4. Vacarro 5. Heller 6. Martin 7. Kane 8. Campbell 9. Jones 10. Robenalt.

Crown Battery Heat (10 laps): 1. Reed 2. Rilat 3. Morgan 4. Harrison 5. Linder 6. C. Wilson 7. Kramer 8. Hogan 9. Palker.

Engler Machine & Tool Heat (10 laps): 1. K. Jacobs 2. Ivy 3. G. Wilson 4. Schroeder 5. Gressman 6. Roepke 7. Beaber 8. Ruble 9. S. Chaney.

Haulmark Dash (4 laps): 1. Kemenah 2. D. Jacobs 3. Rilat 4. K. Jacobs 5. Chaney 6. G. Wilson.

B Main (15 laps): 1. Kane 2. Lime 3. C. Wilson 4. Hysong 5. Roepke 6. Teeple 7. Martin 8. Wagner 9. Hogan 10. Distel 11. Kramer 12. Ruble 13. S. Chaney 14. Beaber 15. Campbell 16. Palker 17. Jones 18. Robenalt.

A Main (40 laps): 1. Butch Schroeder 2. Rob Chaney 3. Kenny Jacobs 4. Rodney Duncan 5. Travis Rilat 6. Chad Kemenah 7. Greg Wilson 8. Danny Smith 9. David Harrison 10. Joe Gaerte 11. Byron Reed 12. Troy Vacarro 13. Mark Keegan 14. Todd Kane 15. Dean Jacobs 16. Todd Heller 17. Eric Hysong 18. John Wisbon 19. Alvin Roepke 20. John Ivy 21. Mike Linder 22. Rod Morgan 23. Bob Lime 24. Barry Ruble 25. Chuck Wilson 26. Phil Gressman.

All Star Sprint Points: 1. Chad Kemenah 3175, 2. Kenny Jacobs 3137; 3. Danny Smith, 3065; 4. Dean Jacobs, 3016; 5. Greg Wilson, 2981; 6. Travis Rilat, 2899; 7. Rodney Duncan, 2682; 8. Jason Johnson 2567; 9. Mike Wagner, 2540; 10. Jerrod Hull, 2166.

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